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«o\rerenot5 like the former, fignals of battle and 
the expreffion of intrepidity, but the cries of 
,defpair. 
Soon, however, they rallied ; and I faw 
them even gain thefummit of the hill, colled: 
my cattle that were fcattered about upon it, 
and difappear with them. Their women and 
children had already repaired thither during 
the .engagement, fo that the lhadow of aa 
enen^y was no longer to be feen. 
The moft vexatious cir' umliance that could 
happen to me at fuch a junfture was this re- 
treat, which a fecond time deprived me of my 
cattle. Where would have been the ufe of all 
the labour and fatigue that for fome d^ys I 
had undergone^ if, without refouice, they 
were taken from me anew? Not a moment 
was to be loft. Should the troop reach the 
denies of the mountains with them, their re- 
covery w^ould be impoffible, and they would 
be gone for ev^fr. 
I feiit, therefore, for my two horfes, w^hicli 
were behind the bufh, and difpatching three 
of my markfmen to intercept the herd and 
its condudors on one fide, I galloped away 
with Klaas to cut ofi' tlieir retreat on the other. 
I fopu 
